Oil Innovations to Help Montana

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By Laura Kennedy

Story Published: Sep 1, 2010 at 6:37 PM MST

Story Updated: Sep 2, 2010 at 10:08 AM MST

BILLINGS - A new technology may help increase oil production in South-East Montana in the coming years. It's called CO2 Enhanced Oil Recovery and was discussed at the annual Montana Petroleum Industry meeting.

The technique has never been used in Montana, but could increase production from the Bell Creek Field in Stillwater County. CO2 helps push the oil to the surface, engineers said it's more effective than pumping the oil. The state's oil production has been decreasing since 2006.

"Without more wells, without more explorations and production, without more applications like different kinds of secondary recovery, our oil production is going to continue to decline," Montana Petroleum Association Executive Director Dave Galt said.

The oil and gas industry is responsible for 12,000 jobs in Montana and a total economic impact of $9 million.

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